Study on formation of step bunching on 6H-SiC (0001) surface by kinetic Monte Carlo method

Y Li, X Chen, J Su - Applied Surface Science, 2016 - Elsevier
The formation and evolution of step bunching during step-flow growth of 6H-SiC (0001)
surfaces were studied by three-dimensional kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) method and …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling crystallization: When the normal growth velocity depends on the supersaturation

VV Ivanov, C Tielemann, K Avramova… - Journal of Physics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The crystallization proceeds by the advance of the crystal faces into the disordered phase at
the expense of the material excess, the supersaturation. Using a conservation constraint for …

Stepped morphology on vicinal 3C-and 4H-SiC (0001) faces: A kinetic Monte Carlo study

X Chen, Y Li - Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Stepped morphologies on vicinal 3C-and 4H-SiC (0001) surfaces with the miscut toward [1
1¯ 00] or [11 2¯ 0] directions have been studied with a three-dimensional kinetic Monte …

Simulation of the growth kinetics in group IV compound semiconductors

A La Magna, A Alberti, E Barbagiovanni… - … status solidi (a), 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A stochastic simulation method designed to study at an atomic resolution the growth kinetics
of compounds characterized by the sp3‐type bonding symmetry is presented. Formalization …

Programmable surface architectures derived from hybrid polyoxometalate-based clusters

C Musumeci, A Luzio, CP Pradeep… - The Journal of …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The exploration of the self-organization of a range of the polyoxometalate-based molecular
structures reveals a diverse range of surface patterns and morphologies on solid substrates …

Analyzing the Pattern Formation on Vicinal Surfaces in Diffusion-Limited and Kinetics-Limited Growth Regimes: The Effect of Step–Step Exclusion

H Popova - Crystal Growth & Design, 2023 - ACS Publications
The effect of step–step exclusion on growing vicinal surfaces destabilized by a step-up (SU)
or step-down (SD) driving force is extensively studied in diffusion-limited (DL) and kinetics …

Step bunching process induced by the flow of steps at the sublimated crystal surface

MA Załuska‐Kotur, F Krzyżewski - Journal of Applied Physics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Stepped GaN (0001) surface is studied by the kinetic Monte Carlo method and compared
with the model based on Burton-Cabrera-Frank equations. Successive stages of surface …

Sticky steps inhibit step motions near equilibrium

N Akutsu - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2012 - APS
Using a Monte Carlo method on a lattice model of a vicinal surface with a point-contact-type
step-step attraction, we show that, at low temperature and near equilibrium, there is an …

Scaling and dynamic stability of model vicinal surfaces

F Krzyżewski, M Załuska-Kotur, A Krasteva… - Crystal Growth & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We propose an integrated modeling approach to the fundamental problem of vicinal crystal
surfaces destabilized by step-down (SD) and step-up (SU) currents with focus on both the …

Step bunching and macrostep formation in 1D atomistic scale model of unstable vicinal crystal growth

F Krzyżewski, M Załuska-Kotur, A Krasteva… - Journal of Crystal …, 2017 - Elsevier
We devise a new 1D atomistic scale model of vicinal growth based on Cellular Automaton.
In it the step motion is realized by executing the automaton rule prescribing how adatoms …